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E. A. LEINARD.

WINDMILL REGULATOR. No. 553,170. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR A. LEINARD, OF KENTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB OF TW'O-THIRDS TO THOMAS J.CANTVELL AND GEORGE S. BINOKLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDMILL-REGULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,170, dated January14, 1896.

Application filed May 2l, 1895. Serial No. 550,115. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: 7 is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends on aBe it known that I, EDGAR A. LEINARD, a support 9. Its inner end isconnected with the citizen of the United States, residing at Kenplungerpivotally, and its outer end is proton, in the county of Hardin andState of Ohio, vided with a ring for the attachment of the 5 haveinvented a new and useful Windmilloperating-wire 8, whereby, when theplunger 55 Regulator, of which the following is a speciis moved upwardin the cylinder, the operatiication. ing-wire will be drawn downward tothrow The invention relates to improvements in the windmill out of thewind, as will be readwindmill-regulators. ily understood. The piston orplunger-head to The object of the present invention is to isinverted-cup shaped and is constructed of 6o improve the construction ofwindmill-reguleather or other suitable material, and the rod lators andto provide a simple and efficient or stem 6 has attached to it aweighted lever one which will be automatic in its operation lO, adaptedto force the plunger downward and capable of throwing a windmill out ofto throw the windmill into operation. The

r 5 the wind when a tank is full, and adapted to weighted lever ispivoted intermediate of its 65 start the windmill again when thecontents ends to the rod or stem 6 and is provided at its of the tankhave been consumed. outer end with an adjustable weight, and its Theinvention consists in the construction inner end is fulcrumed on asupport ll, similar and novel combination and arrangement of to thesupport 9 for the lever 7. The sup- 2o parts hereinafter fullyd'escribed, illustrated ports 9 and ll are disposed at opposite sides 7oin the accompanying drawings, and pointed of the cylinder and have theirlower ends out in the claims hereto appended. hingedly mounted on thetop of the cylinder,

In the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view and the rod or stem 6passes through an openof awindmill-regulator constructed in according ofa substantially L -shaped guide l2,

25 ance with this invention and shown connected mounted on the top ofthe cylinder and hav- 7 5 with a tank and with the operating-wire of aing an inwardly-extending arm provided with windmill. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective View the said opening. The supports 0 and ll are of theregulator detached. Fig. 3 is a side adapted to swing inward and outwardto perelevation illustrating a modification of the mit free verticalmovement of the rod or stem 3o invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional vview ofthe 6, and the levers connected therewith are per- 8o regulator shown inFig. 2. mitted free movement.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre- In Fig. 3 of the accompanyingdrawings is sponding parts in all the figures of the drawillustrated amodification of the invention, in ings. which one of the supports isrigid, and the 35 l designates a standard disposed vertically guide isdispensed with. In this form of the 8 5 and connected at its lower endwith a supplyinvention the support 1l for the weighted pipe 2, extendingfrom a pump 3 of a windlever is rigid, and the other one is hingedlymill to a tank 4, which is provided with a floator pivotally mountedsimilar to that hereto- Y valve 5a for closing the supply-pipe when thefore described.

4o tank is sufficiently filled. Within the cylin- It will be seen thatthe windmill-regulator 9o der l is arranged a piston 5, secured to theis exceedingly simple and inexpensive in conlower end of thevertically-disposed rod or struction, it is positive and reliable inoperstem G. The piston and its rod or stem form ation, and it issensitive and capable of readily a plunger, which is adapted to beraised in throwing the windmill into and out of oper- 45 the cylinder byback-pressure of the water in ation. The parts are compactly arrangedand 95 the supply-pipe when the float-valve is closed are capable ofbeing readily located in a well by reason of the tank being full, andthe rod or cistern, and the lever 7 has sufficient throw or stem hasconnected to it one end of a lever to operate completely a windmill.

7, which is attached to the lower terminus of Changes in the form,proportion, and the 5o the operating-wire 8 of a windmill. The leverminor details of construction may be resorted roo to Without departingfrom the princi-ple or sacrificing any. of the advantages of thisinvention.

What I claim is- 1. In a Wind mill regulator, the combination of acylinder, a piston arrangedtherein and provided with a stem, a leverfulcrumed intermediate of its ends at one side of the cylinder andhaving its inner end connected to the stem, and its outer end connectedWith the operating Wire or the like of a Wind mill, and a Weighted leverfulerumed at its inner end at the opposite side of the cylinder andconnected intermediate of its ends with the stem, and provided at itsouter end With a Weight, substantially as described.

2. In a Wind mill regulator, the combina-v tion of a cylinder, a pistonarranged therein and having a stem, the opposite supports hingedlyconnected at their lower ends with the cylinder, a guide mounted on thecylinder and receiving the stem, a lever fulcrumed in`- termediate ofits ends on one of the supports and connected at its inner end to thestem and designed to be connected at its outer end with the operatingWire of a Wind mill, and a Weighted lever fulcrumed at its inner end onthe other support and connected intermediate of its ends to the stem andprovided at its outer end with a Weight, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto aiCiXedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDGAR A. LEINARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN MCELREE, WILLIAM D. BOWLING.

